[Solved] Traditional Filipino Instruments/Music

Kalinga musical instrument (note they also have jaw harp/giwong at 2.30, the tube zither/kolitong 2.35 and gongs/gansa as Mindanaoan tribes).

^These guys are from Cebu, modern tribal folk obviously. I noticed that Filipino liberals/hippies are often the biggest proponents of native music/culture. -laugh

This one is from a annual national competition funded by Dept of Culture and Arts, from singing choir etc. This one a number from a modern youth ensemble, covering Manobo music and Ifugao war dance.

One commenter griped that since these were modern ensembles the rhythms and the hand movements aren't 'authentic/traditional'. -laugh

Hand movements of Ifugao dances per Kamusta Magazine
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Maranao lady singing traditional Austronesian polyphonic chanting style song with modern instrument.

T'boli polyphonic chanting with ensemble (jaw harp, percussion/jingle/ong, kutyapi)
[url] http://www.vincentmoon.com/video-view-tribal-sounds-of-the-philippines-tboli-2012-333.html [/url]

Yeah it's funny, I watched several Filipino tattoo documentary and a lot of them listen to reggae and matted hair/dreads, but their tattoos and piercings are native. A lot of them are very into political causes, and even are big activists in their communities (some vary from church groups to PETA and environmental groups), yet people they're 'gangster' (none of them were into hiphop or gang culture, in fact some played bossa nova and jazz infused with tribal sounds) right away because of their tattoos. I guess that's just post colonial Filipino mentality, it'll take awhile before subculture image and lifestyle become more accepted.

Another Maranao girl chanting in the old style with guitar strumming

Little kids learning Mandaya traditional dance at a festival (native ensemble)

Various different nose flutes in Luzon (usually referred to as kalaleng or tongali depending on the language and group)

Itnegs
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This guy is from La Union (I'm assuming he's what they consider as 'Bago' or Christianized Kankaney from S. Ilocos and La Union).
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Manong playing it...I'm for sure they're speaking Ilocano and I heard someone say "La Union".

Kalinga ('tungali')

Other Austronesians

Sabahan nose flute
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Hawaiian nose flute
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Formosan (Paiwan)
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Manobo Udol instrument and dance. Udol is a type of large slit drum, and the sole of large sticks are used to pound it unlike traditional percussion instruments.

The Udol is in the background in this video, and it's a suspended slit drum in this case. They start pounding the Udol at 1:30.

We see the suspended Udol again in this video, but this time it's struck by smaller sticks, and it's the sides of the sticks that makes contact with the Udol.

Another supposedly Manobo instrument called a Salimbaa. It's specifically from the Tinananon Manobo tribe, and the instrument had been extinct for over 100 years and was resurrected. Can anyone verify such an instrument?

This website claims to be the group that resurrected the Salimbaa, and where the video above comes from:
[url] http://calebbyerly.com/ [/url]